Joint event - Five EU Agencies in collaboration with the European Parliament and the European Commission will explore skills needs in the EU.
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Skills and ‘the right to quality and inclusive education, training and life-long learning’ is at the forefront of the European Pillar of Social Rights, but what skills are required in today’s EU labour market? Where are the gaps, where are the shortages? And what initiatives can help to anticipate the EU’s future skills needs?
As engaged partners in the European Year of Skills, five EU agencies Cedefop, Eurofound, EU-OSHA, the ETF and ELA, in partnership with the European Parliament and the European Commission’s DG EMPL, organised a joint event on 20 September 2023 in Brussels to discuss the EU’s current and future skills needs. The event was an opportunity for the agencies to share their complementary labour market and skills intelligence as part of a lively debate.
Together with Members of the European Parliament and the European Commission, the half-day event also provided a forum for policymakers, social partners and other relevant stakeholders to reflect on the challenges and opportunities involved in tackling the EU’s labour and skills shortages.
The discussions covered the latest findings on skills demands and the implications for working conditions and safety and health, and explored emerging trends and solutions in a changing world of work, with a focus on a people-centric approach to skills investment. It’s a chance to be part of shaping bold priorities for the EU's long-term growth, sustainability, and inclusion ambitions.
The presentations and debate were held in English. Participation was by invitation only.
For any clarification you may require, please contact: Brusselsoffice@cedefop.europa.eu.
Photos from the joint event are available in this photo album.
Moderator: Clara Drammeh, Mixed Message Moderation, Facilitator and trainer for political institutions and civil society.
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| 09.30–10.00 | Welcome coffee during registration | |
| 10:00–10:15 | Setting the scene: the transformative power of skills for Europe’s future |
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| 10:15–11:00 | Skills for people, competitiveness, sustainability: a vision for the future | Directors of the five Agencies
Q&A with MEPs & stakeholders (15 min) |
| 11:00-11:10 | Short break | |
| 11:10–11:55 |
Getting the right balance: skills the EU needs to meet the demands of the labour market in a green and digital transition
Expert discussion with the Agencies
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Q&A with MEP Sara Matthieu (Greens/European Free Alliance) and other stakeholders |
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11:55–12:30 |
Getting the right balance: challenges and opportunities to ensure the future is fair, just, healthy and safe for the EU and beyond
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Q&A with MEP Agnes Jongerius and MEP João Albuquerque (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats) and other stakeholders |
| 12:30–12:40 |
Closing remarks |
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| 12:40–13:30 | Light networking lunch |
The EMPL Committee is responsible for employment and all aspects of social policy including working conditions, social security, social inclusion and social protection; the free movement of workers and pensioners; workers' rights; health and safety measures at the workplace; the European Social Fund; vocational training policy, including professional qualifications; social dialogue; and all forms of discrimination at the workplace and in the labour market except those based on sex. We are also in charge of the relations with five agencies: Cedefop, Eurofound, EU-OSHA, ETF and the newly created ELA.
The Committee has 55 members and the same number of substitutes, representing Parliament's seven political groups.
The European Parliament (EP) is the legislative branch of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. It is directly-elected and made up of 705 members (MEPs) representing all EU countries. The European Parliament decides upon EU legislation, including the multiannual budget, together with the Council of the European Union (EU Member State governments). The EP holds other EU institutions, like the European Commission, to account.
It elects the President of the European Commission and plays a key role in vetting Commissioner-designates through individual hearings. The College of Commissioners - how the twenty-seven commissioners are referred to collectively - must then be approved through a consent vote by the EP.
Members of the European Parliament are elected in EU member states every five years and represent around 446 million citizens. Over the years, and with subsequent changes to EU treaties, the Parliament has acquired substantial legislative and budgetary powers.
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Cedefop was founded in 1975 and is based in Greece since 1995. Cedefop supports the promotion, development and implementation of the Union policy in the field of vocational education and training (VET) as well as skills and qualifications policies by working together with the Commission, Member States and social partners. To this end, it enhances and disseminates knowledge, provides evidence and services for policy-making, including research-based conclusions, and facilitates knowledge sharing among and between EU and national actors. |
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Eurofound is a tripartite European Union Agency based in Dublin, whose role is to provide knowledge to assist in the development of better social, employment and work-related policies. Eurofound provides information, advice and expertise on working conditions and sustainable work, industrial relations, labour market change and quality and life and public services, to support the EU Institutions and bodies, Member States and Social Partners in shaping and implementing social and employment policies, as well as promoting social dialogue on the basis of comparative information, research and analysis. |
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EU-OSHA is the European Union information agency for occupational safety and health and is based in Bilbao. The agency’s work contributes to the European Commission’s Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027 and other relevant EU strategies and programmes. EU-OSHA works to make European workplaces safer, healthier and more productive — for the benefit of businesses, employees and governments and promotes a culture of risk prevention to improve working conditions in Europe. |
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The European Training Foundation is a European Union agency, based in Turin, Italy and operational since 1994, that helps transition and developing countries harness the potential of their human capital through the reform of education, training and labour market systems, and in the context of the EU's external relations policy. |
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The European Labour Authority (ELA) was established in July 2019 and has been created to help strengthen fairness and trust in the internal market by assisting Member States and the European Commission to ensure that EU rules on labour mobility and social security coordination are enforced in a fair, simple and effective way. ELA also has an important role to play in facilitating and ensuring effective labour mobility in Europe, in particular by activities of the European Employment Services (EURES). |